Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dority & Manning, P.A. and Hunter Douglas Inc handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 4 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.
The 4 pending office actions for Hunter Douglas Inc are part of the 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance describe the firm's prosecution history in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (14%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.3% | +27.7% |
| KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 1 | 68.2% | +19.7% |
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.4% | +34.2% |
| MASSAD, ABE L | 1 | 56.5% | +65.8% |
| CHOI, DAVID E | 1 | 75.9% | +11.9% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.2% |
| POWERS, WILLIAM S | 1 | 79.7% | +2.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A RESET MODE FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE COVERINGS | POWERS, WILLIAM S | 22d |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 19103979 | FOLDED ARCHITECTURAL PANEL | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
| 19007813 | ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERINGS, AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 33d |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 19103979 | FOLDED ARCHITECTURAL PANEL | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
| 19007813 | ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERINGS, AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18841172 | RAIL FOR A COVERING | MASSAD, ABE L | — |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | CHOI, DAVID E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hunter Douglas | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | Hunter Douglas Inc. | KELLY, CATHERINE A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19103979 | FOLDED ARCHITECTURAL PANEL | Hunter Douglas Industries B.V. | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19007813 | ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERINGS, AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | Hunter Douglas Inc. | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 | |
| 18841172 | RAIL FOR A COVERING | Hunter Douglas Industries B.V. | MASSAD, ABE L | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | Hunter Douglas Inc. | CHOI, DAVID E | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 | |
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | Hunter Douglas Inc. | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 3633 | Other | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18245865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A RESET MODE FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE COVERINGS | Hunter Douglas Inc. | POWERS, WILLIAM S | 2496 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
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